Out and about this Christmas season? It's less fuss to take the bus or train!

This holiday season why not leave the car at home and let someone else do the driving. It's far less stress and many buses stop right in front of shops. We've put together a few ideas to encourage you to take the bus or train this season so whether you're celebrating, commuting or shopping it is far less fuss by bus and train!

Let's go by bus for less fuss.

To get departure information from any bus stop in the Tees Valley go to Connect Tees Valley's Live Timetable.

Below are just a few examples of fares that might be useful this festive season. Whether your shopping, celebrating or commuting. Let us do the driving, so you can relax. It's less fuss by bus and train!

Celebrating with friends? Far less fuss by bus!

£1 TWILIGHT FARE BY ARRIVA

There are quite a few late-night bus services in and around our regions, for example, any single journey bought on the bus after 7 pm in only £1 on all Darlington town services and 7a or 3 services in Stockton.

A little tip: If you type in "The last train from/to.." Google and other search engines will give you some good sites to find out exactly what times will be best for your plans.

Check this result for the last train from Darlington to Middlesbrough from Trainline and Google search also gave us great results on Google maps with timetables. Always verify this with the operator but it's a good place to start your holiday plans.

Commuting to work? You can catch the bus and train.

If you have further to walk getting to or from a train station, consider adding on the bus.

The Plus Bus ticket gives 1/3 off unlimited bus travel around town with your Railcard. Simply buy a PlusBus day ticket with your train ticket.